mightily
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4.0
- adverb
- /ˈmaɪtɪli/
- "My commander stands before you, gentlemen, and you insult him mightily with your proposal."
- struggled mightily
- suffered mightily
- contributed mightily
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Watch on YouTubeMany of our geniuses, Edison, Tesla, Musk failed mightily and often.
- Many of our geniuses, Edison, Tesla, Musk failed mightily and often.
- Hi Elon, yes, I'm mightily impressed you built the world's biggest rocket.
- There are folks on television trying mightily to pretend that race, class, not class, race and gender had nothing to do with this election, and that's nonsense.
Examples
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Sonny, it would please me mightily to see you sweat for once.
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Hi Elon, yes, I'm mightily impressed you built the world's biggest rocket.
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Been enjoying yourself mightily, I expect.
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His conversations on the telephone affected them mightily, usually in ways they would never understand.
Fiction book (1997) -
But attitudes towards Christian faith were to change mightily during the first fifty years of our nation's history.
Academic text (2009) -
Far from having neglected seminary education, earlier bishops had struggled mightily to provide it.
Academic text (2005) -
Your alliance with Raoji and his cowardice has left us mightily exposed.
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Yet most institutions struggle mightily to avoid the specter of dissonance and conflict.
Academic text (2003) -
Lizzy, isn't he mightily good-looking?
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He was mightily impressed by the team's performance during the championship game.
Synonyms
595
1.0
In a very forceful or certain way
167
5.8
Used especially in informal speech to mean very
112
3.1
To a very large degree
92
2.1
To a very great degree
69
3.5
To a very large degree
68
3.4
In a strong, energetic way showing a lot of effort
45
3.5
In a strong way that uses a lot of power
39
5.2
To a great degree
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7.4
To speak or act with strong feeling and force
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1.1
In a way that shows great weight or effort
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3.6
In a very strong and forceful way
11
5.5
With great effort and determination
1
4.6
In a strong, solid way
1
3.9
Using all your strength and effort
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4.9
In a heavy, forceful way
Antonyms
How Strongly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mightily comes from might meaning 'power' and the ending -ly that makes it tell how something is done, so picture someone pushing a heavy door 'with great strength'. So, to do something mightily is to do it 'with great power' or 'very strongly'.